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Why is the U.S. cutting Cuba off from the rest of the world? | About That

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U.S. President Donald Trump is applying severe economic pressure to an already-strained Cuba mired in a food and power crisis. Andrew Chang explains why the U.S. is choosing now to cut off the country's oil supply, and why, for Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, it's also personal.

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